Psalms 63
1 [A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.] God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
Nkulunkulu, unguNkulunkulu wami, ngizakudinga ngovivi; umphefumulo wami womela wena; inyama yami iyakulangatha, elizweni elomileyo leligagadekileyo, elingelamanzi.
2 So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.
Njengoba ngikubonile endaweni engcwele, ngibone amandla akho lobukhosi bakho.
3 Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.
Ngoba uthandolomusa wakho lungcono kulempilo; indebe zami zizakudumisa.
4 So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name.
Ngokunjalo ngizakubonga ngisaphila, ngiphakamise izandla zami ebizweni lakho.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
Umphefumulo wami uzasutha kungathi ngomnkantsho lamahwahwa, lomlomo wami uzadumisa ngezindebe ezithabisayo.
6 when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.
Lapho ngikukhumbula embhedeni wami, emilindweni yebusuku ngizindla ngawe.
7 For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
Ngoba ubulusizo lwami, ngakho emthunzini wempiko zakho ngizahlabela ngithokoze.
8 My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.
Umphefumulo wami unamathele ekukulandeleni, isandla sakho sokunene siyangisekela.
9 But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
Kodwa abadinga umphefumulo wami ukuwuchitha bazakuya ezindaweni zomhlaba eziphansi.
10 They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.
Bazanikelwa emandleni enkemba, babe yisabelo samakhanka.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.
Kodwa inkosi izathokoza kuNkulunkulu; wonke ofunga ngaye uzazincoma; kodwa umlomo wabaqamba amanga uzavalwa.
